據OE網站8月4日報道，巴西國家石油公司（Petrobras）公布，受原油價格下跌影響，該公司第二季度利潤下滑近36%，不過收益超過分析師預期。

這家拉丁美洲最大的石油生產商公布凈利潤288億雷亞爾(合58.5億美元)，合每股2.21雷亞爾，而Refinitiv調查的分析師預期為每股2.18雷亞爾。巴西國家石油公司將季度利潤減少歸咎于國際油價下跌、柴油裂解價差(主要工業發動機燃料與原油之間的價差)下降40%以及運營費用增加。巴西國家石油公司還表示，將向股東支付每股1.149304雷亞爾的股息，本季度股息總額為149億雷亞爾(30.3億美元)。

這是上周通過削減股東薪酬新政策實施后首次派息。

該公司將于11月21日向股東支付第一筆款項，第二筆款項將于12月15日支付。巴西國家石油公司此前曾警告稱，季度銷量可能下降，并公布4月至5月期間的原油產量略有下降。

該公司公布的總收入較上年同期下降三分之一，至1138億雷亞爾。上周，該公司公布季度原油產量下降0.6%，由于維修停工、資產出售和成熟油田的自然減產。

調整后的利息、稅項、折舊及攤銷前利潤(EBITDA)下降42%，至567億雷亞爾。

(1美元= 4.9180雷亞爾)

郝芬 譯自 OE網站

原文如下：

Brazil's Petrobras Beats Profit Forecast, $3 bln Payout Announced

Brazilian national oil company Petrobras posted a nearly 36% drop in its second-quarter profits on Thursday, citing falling crude prices, although earnings surpassed analyst expectations. 

Latin America's top oil producer posted recurring net profit of 28.8 billion reais ($5.85 billion), or 2.21 reais per share, while analysts polled by Refinitiv had expected 2.18 reais per share. Petrobras blamed the smaller quarterly profit on lower international oil prices, in addition to a 40% decline in diesel crack spreads - the price difference between the key industrial motor fuel and crude oil - as well as higher operating expenses. Petrobras also said it will pay shareholders 1.149304 reais per share, totaling 14.9 billion reais ($3.03 billion) in dividends for the quarter.

It is the first payout under a new trimmed-down shareholder remuneration policy approved last week. 

The company will pay a first installment to shareholders on Nov. 21, with the second one to be paid on Dec. 15. Petrobras had previously warned of a possible dip in quarterly sales volume and posted slightly lower crude output for the April-to-May period. 

It reported overall revenue down by a third from a year earlier, to 113.8 billion reais. Last week, the company reported a 0.6% drop in quarterly crude production, citing maintenance stoppages as well as asset sales and the natural decline of mature fields. 

Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (EBITDA) for the period shrank 42% to reach 56.7 billion reais.